to Virginia Clay-Clopton
21 August 1865
Clay, Clement Claiborne, 1816-1882
Clay, a former U.S. and Confederate Senator, writes to his wife while imprisoned at Fort Monroe. Informs her that, "The hardest part of my trial here has been my solicitude about you, my parents and other kindred, who, I feared, would be tortured by...
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